Jamie said: “Brent is still having problems reading computer screens due to the concussion, so he can’t reply right now, but we would love to see the picture and think it’s hilarious, send it over.

“Brent has never had a scarecrow effigy, this would be a first.”

The Ordsall Scarecrow festival is in its ninth year and this year had 58 entries

Organiser Helen Richards said: “The scarecrow was very well received by the vast majority of peope who thought it was really funny. I am pleased the rider saw the funny side of it - of course if he had been seriously hurt they wouldn’t have done it. It has certainly put Ordsall on the map.”